Sunday, February 05, 2023

Australia by The Shins

 Time to put the ear-covers on

No
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
(Born to) born to multiply
Born to gaze into night skies
All you want's one more Saturday
Well, look here until then
They're gonna buy your life's time
So keep your wick in the air, and your feet in the fetters 'til the day
We come in doing cartwheels
We are caught up by ourselves
And your shape on the dance floor
Will have me thinking such filth and gouge my eyes
You'll be damned to be one of us, girl
Faced with the dodo's conundrum
I felt like I could just fly
But nothing happened every time I tried
Woo, ooh
A duotone on the wall
Selfless fool who hoped he'd save us all
Never dreamt of such sterile hands
You keep 'em folded in your lap
And raise them up to beg for scraps
You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers, just the same
Will you be pulled from the ocean
But just a minute too late
Or changed by a potion
And find a handsome young mate for you to love
You'll be damned to pining through the windowpanes
You know you'd trade your life for any ordinary Joe
Well, do it now or grow old
Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold
Been alone since you were 21
You haven't laughed since January
You try and make like this so much fun
But we know it to be quite contrary
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Dare to be one of us, girl
Faced with the androids conundrum
I felt like I should just cry
But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin
You're Himmler in your coat, you don't know how long I have been
Watching the lantern dim
Starved of oxygen
So give me your hand, and let's jump out the window
La-la-la-la-la
(La-la-la-la)
La-la-la-la-la
(La-la-la-la)
La-la-la-la-la
(La-la-la-la)
La-la-la-la-la

3 comments:

Aaron said...

that's a rad video. I approve. but they shouldn't have had the car salesmen wearing the same orange jackets as the thieves. it was just slightly odd. also, a video like this could never be made today because now it is considered a HUGE sin to release balloons into the air. when I was working on the cookie monster video, Sesame Street wouldn't even allow balloons to be seen anywhere. Apparently balloons are now canceled because they pollute the environment. The woke generation will not rest until all the joy is sucked out of life. and the republicans won't rest until the world is destroyed. so basically life is horrible. Those balloons were lucky to escape when they did. i want to fly away too.

Dan Tschirhart said...

Cool video - didn't know that about balloons

I remember epic water balloon fights though, and a fight wasn't over until I hit my sister with one

I do know that Cookie Monster has a cousin in the U.K. - he's the Biscuit Monster

I like these guys and their album 'Oh, Inverted World' is fantastic

Why is it called Australia?

Well, here's Mercer explaining it's meaning

Well that song isn't about Australia, first of all. That's from my memories of working in offices. I've had a hundred different jobs, and there is a special kind of sickness doing a job in an office. I was a bookkeeper and a secretary, and there is something so horribly boring and defeating about it. That song is also about this woman from Texas who was just awful, a racist and a miserable person. I felt sorry for her. In Australia, she's Himmler. So it's partly me wondering, "Is this what humans are meant to be doing?" You're in this fucking cage and there's people you can see through the window and you see the gardener and you're so fucking jealous.

The band's from Albuquerque, so that makes all of this even worse


Pirate Aggro said...

Wow yes. Excellent response.